Most Ice Packs Are A Brick You Have To Hold. This One Pulls On Like A Sleeve.
It comes out of the freezer flexible, wraps the joint 360 degrees, and stays put with your hands free. Ice tonight, heat tomorrow, same sleeve. Sizes S through XL, and it fits a knee or an elbow.
Old Bones was started by a skater who refused to stop skating. Over 100,000 customers later, the gear is still built for bodies that get used.
The Part Of The Session Nobody Films
The ride home is fine. Sitting down is fine. It is the moment you put your leg up that tells you what the day actually cost. Most people who skate, run, lift, or spend the day on their feet have quietly made peace with that. It reads as the toll, the price of still doing the thing. Nobody ever mentions that the easiest twenty minutes of the whole day are the ones right after you sit down, and that almost everybody skips them for the same reason: the ice.
Why The Bag Of Frozen Peas Never Becomes A Habit
A rigid gel pack has to be held, or strapped down, or balanced on the joint while you sit still and wait it out. It touches the front of the knee and nothing else. It slides off the second you move. So you do it once, decide it is not worth twenty minutes of sitting there holding something, and go back to just being sore. The problem was never the cold. It was the delivery.
What Changes When The Ice Bends
One thing a lot of people find helps is taking the holding out of it entirely. The Multi-Use Ice Sleeve keeps its gel soft in the freezer, so it pulls on the way any compression sleeve does, sits against skin the whole way around the joint instead of resting on the front, and stays there without you doing anything. Then you get on with your night. When the day calls for heat instead, the same gel packs microwave. Follow the instructions that ship with the sleeve.
Why It Bends And A Gel Pack Does Not
Four things, all of which you can watch happen in twenty seconds.
Flexible when frozen
Two hours in the freezer and the gel is still soft enough to pull on over a knee. Nothing to crack, nothing to wrestle, nothing to thaw on the counter first.
360 degrees of contact
It is a sleeve, so the cold sits against skin all the way around the joint rather than resting on the front of it and sliding.
Hands free for the full twenty
Pull it on and forget about it. Cold runs roughly 15 to 20 minutes, which is the whole session, and your hands are free the entire time.
Ice or heat, one sleeve
The gel packs microwave when you want heat instead of cold. Same sleeve, same 360 coverage, per the instructions included with it.
The Twenty Minutes, Start To Finish
- Two hours ahead
It lives in the freezer
That is the entire prep, and after the first time you never do it again. It is already in there.
- Minute zero
Pull it on and sit down
It goes on the way a compression sleeve goes on, because that is what it is. No straps to thread, nothing to hold in place.
- Minutes one to twenty
Get on with your night
Hands free the whole time. People tell us they cook, do the dishes, walk around the house, or just put a video on.
- Minute twenty
Off, and back in the freezer
Straight back in so it is ready the next time, which is the only reason a habit like this ever sticks.
"I've had a few knee surgeries and now that the initial swelling has gone down I've been using the ice sleeve multiple times a day. It feels great and I can get around the house while still having the sleeve on."
"I abuse my knees skating, then before bed I put on the ice sleeve. It's instant relief. I usually leave them on for a few hours or just fall aslee in them because even after the cold wears off, they are just comfortable like a hug for my knees. I wake up ready to go again."
"I thought that it would be stiff and uncomfortable, and I couldn't be more wrong. This thing is super soft and flexible right out of the freezer. It stretches enough to pull up over the bandages and over the incisions and it's extremely soft and comfortable. I also like that it is full coverage, icing all around my entire knee, not just the front."
"I just turned 50. I have gotten back into skating in the last three years. I ride regular so my left knee is often sore. I bought the Ice Sleeve on a whim hoping for any type of relief. Since it has arrived, I have used it once daily for about two weeks and I have seen remarkable results."
Find Your Size
This is the Multi-Use Ice Sleeve, the one in the video. Grab your size below. Compression fits differently than clothing, so measure before you pick and size up if you are between two. The sizing guide on the card shows you where to put the tape.
By The Way, It Comes In Ankle, Wrist And Shoulder
Same gel, same 360 degree coverage, same ice or heat, same flexible-when-frozen. The sleeve above is shaped for a knee, thigh, calf, elbow or forearm. If the joint you are icing is an ankle, a wrist or a shoulder, there is one built for it.
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“It feels so good on and stays cool for quite awhile. I have tried others and they don't come close - they're all knee pads, which don't stay next to your skin - since this is a sleeve, the cooling goes all the way around.”
“This time, it's my elbow. The sizing chart on the site helped me pick the perfect size and it fits snug as a bug. The texture is nice and soft on the skin. The stitching on the seams looks pretty good. I don't expect it to fall apart anytime soon. The walls of the sleeve are about a quarter inch thick and it's nice and flexible. And boy does this thing get cold.”
“This is the best leave I've ever got. You can put it in the freezer or put it in the microwave. Hot or cold your elbow part of your arm all good.”
“Love the product! Ended up buying a few more items after experiencing the ice sleeve. Consistency works best.”
Common questions
Does it really stay flexible in the freezer?
What size do I need?
How long do I leave it on?
Do I have to hold it in place?
Can I use it for heat instead of ice?
Can I wear the Multi-Use sleeve somewhere other than my knee?
Is this a medical device?
Can I pay with HSA or FSA?
What if it does not work out?
Back Out There Tomorrow.
Get my Ice SleeveOld Bones Therapy ice sleeves are compression sleeves with cold or heat gel, sold as supportive recovery wear. They are not medical devices and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any condition. Customer reviews describe individual experiences and are not a promise of results. Do not apply cold directly for longer than the recommended 15 to 20 minutes, and talk to your doctor or physical therapist about an injury, a diagnosed condition, or pain that is not improving.